Jun 11 2009
Jazz.com Article You Should Read
Jazz.com is a great website if you love jazz as I do. They have a huge collection of articles about all kinds of things. The cool thing is that they look at the classic jazz performers that I love so much, but they keep their eye on the newer jazz performers out there right now.
One of the most prominent of jazz instruments is the sax. Some of the greatest classic jazz musicians played that instrument. Charlie Parker was a saxophonist. So was Coltrane. There are still young musicians out there blowing that horn and Jazz.com has an article entitled “Hot young altoists: ten future stars to watch.”
I am not saying these are names you are going to know. In fact, more than likely, you will not know them. But it’s an interesting list of musicians for you to add to your listening list. With the prominence of musical downloads, you can sampel their wares without having to buy an entire album.
Some of the names? Francesco Cafiso, Joris Roelofs, Loren Stillman, Jaleel Shaw and more. Like I said, none of those names is known outside of the most dedicated jazz fan, but perhaps they should be. These could be the future of jazz and their names may go down in history along with Bird and Trane. No one knew them at one point too.
So, check out the article and then give these young musicians a listen. If you want to, tell me about them here in the comments section. Are you familiar with any of these guys? Which artists do you recommend?
